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Stanley Elkin Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms039

Scope and Contents The Elkin Papers consist primarily of Elkin's own manuscripts, including his plays, filmscripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being manuscripts and editorial matter toward his novels. Elkin's manuscripts include all stages of his drafts, from autograph notes written on university exam books to diskettes containing word proccessor files. Also included in the Papers are an extensive general and professional correspondence, manuscripts by other authors, teaching materials,...

Found in: Manuscripts

William Gaddis Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms049

Scope and Contents The William Gaddis Papers consist largely of his own manuscript material: manuscripts and source material toward his books, drafts of various stories, published and unpublished, as well as essays, reviews, interviews, and a miscellaneous assortment of notes and other materials. Also present is a substantial amount of personal and general correspondence, primarily with family, friends, and fans. In addition, there is a relatively large amount of correspondence to editors, translators, and...

Found in: Manuscripts

William H. Gass Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms051

Scope and Contents

The William H. Gass Papers consist largely of his own manuscript material: manuscripts and proof material toward his books, drafts of various stories, essays, and reviews, interviews, and a miscellaneous assortment of notes and other materials. Also present is a substantial amount of professional correspondence, primarily with universities, magazines, and publishers, as well as with his colleagues in academia and in the literary community.

Found in: Manuscripts

International Writers Center Archive

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms059

Scope and Contents The International Writers Center Archive consist of materials toward IWC conferences and programs presented or co-sponsored by the IWC including The Writer in Politics, The Writer and Religion, and The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer; materials towards the production of Literary St. Louis: A Guide; correspondence; journals including Accent, Black Warrior, ...

Found in: Manuscripts

Albert and Naomi Lebowitz Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms067

Scope and Contents The Albert and Naomi Lebowitz Papers consists of correspondence from Harold Brodkey, Stanley Elkin, George P. Elliott, William H. Gass, Irving Howe, William L. Hungate, Adrian H. Jaffe, Beverly Jarrett, Jane Lago, Iris Murdoch, Howard Nemerov, Michael Pinkston, J.F. Powers, Egon Schwarz, Mona Van Duyn, Helen Vendler, and Miller Williams. Also included are materials toward Albert Lebowitz's novels Laban's Will (1966) and The Man Who...

Found in: Manuscripts

Lord John Press Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms155

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence files and other publication materials between Lord John Press and John Ashbery, Clive Barker, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Thomas Berger, Joseph Brodsky, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond Carver, John Casey, Tom Clark, Robert Coover, Jack Dann, Stanley Elkin, George P. Elliott, Clayton Eshleman, Richard Ford, John Fowles, Bruce Francis, Stan Freberg, William Gaddis, John Gardner, William H. Gass, William Gibson, Ellen Gilchrist, Allen Ginsberg,...

Found in: Manuscripts

Howard Nemerov Papers

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms089

Scope and Contents The Howard Nemerov Papers are a large group of materials which help document the career of this important American poet. The collection includes a great number of worksheets, drafts, and notes towards poems, essays, lectures, stories, collections, and novels. Nemerov corresponded with numerous important literary figures and their letters are housed in the Nemerov Papers. Kenneth Burke, Maxine Kumin, Kay Boyle, and Reed Whittemore, in particular, have been long-time correspondents with...

Found in: Manuscripts

Benjamin Taylor Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms113

Scope and Contents

The Benjamin Taylor Papers includes correspondence with many American and European authors, as well as the manuscript version of his novel, Tales Out of School (1995) and his major work of nonfiction, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity (1995). Also included is material towards the essay: “The Question of Jewishness and the Question of Writing: A Conversation with Edmond Jabès.”

Found in: Manuscripts

Jarvis Thurston Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms114

Scope and Contents

The Jarvis Thurston Papers consist primarily of correspondence relating to Washington University's Department of English and its visiting writers program. The most significant part of the Thurston collection is the correspondence from James T. Farrell to Thurston and Van Duyn. These letters are of a more personal nature and often discuss literary matters such as Van Duyn's work. A small group of manuscripts, notably two drafts of a Thurston short story, "The Cross," is also included.

Found in: Manuscripts

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